Government: Crown and Parliament, ministers, domestic policies including establishment of Royal Supremacy
Henry VIII governed through Parliament and powerful ministers like Thomas Cromwell. His most dramatic domestic policy was the Royal Supremacy — making himself, not the Pope, the head of the English Church.
Real World
Thomas Cromwell used Parliament to pass the Act of Supremacy (1534), giving the break with Rome a legal basis — the same parliamentary machinery Henry VII had used for finance was now reshaping the English Church permanently.
Exam Focus
For Royal Supremacy questions, explain both the religious and political dimensions; high-level answers link Cromwell's use of statute law to the long-term growth of parliamentary authority.
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